Integrity in Public Life

Good governance is one of the UK's fundamental values, and citizens are entitled to expect that public officials behave in according to the highest ethical standards. But what does integrity mean in public life? And what part does it have to play in Britain's constitution? This book considers the place and meaning of integrity in the individual public servant, in public service institutions, and in the wider public they purport to serve. It also explores how people in public service institutions can cease to behave with humanity when those institutions deny the humanity of the individual. Together, the authors argue for  the critical importance of institutions in upholding values when fallible humans for get them.